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Editor's View: Hitting the road is just a little harder

If you're coming to Door County over the next month, plan on the trip taking a bit longer. If you live here, you already know. The good news is we were warned.

May 21, 2013

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Your Letters: May 22

Today, May 22, the American Cancer Society celebrates its 100th birthday.

May 21, 2013

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Jolie's public personal decision starts a conversation

Among the national news bites last week was one jaw-dropping tidbit: Actress Angelina Jolie announced she recently had her breasts removed after learning she carried the BRCA1 gene mutation.

May 20, 2013

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This spring's first daffodil south of the county line. Peter J. Devlin/For the Door County Advocate

Finally time to put snow shovel away

It's the season when degrees are presented to worthy recipients at high school and college commencement ceremonies from Maine to California.

May 20, 2013

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Hold on, city of Sturgeon Bay. I was reading Wednesday's edition of The Door County Advocate and noticed that my company and myself as the agent were pointed out as a no-good, tax-dodging, lowlife outlaw.

May 20, 2013

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Editor’s view: On country roads, dying and the reset button

Norb Blei, they say, could sit at the counter at Al Johnson's for hours and just listen to the stories. He would get up before dawn, head to the chicken coop and write. He would tell stories about the people he met.

May 14, 2013

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Your Letters

As a physician and ongoing observer of the health of Door County, I am deeply concerned about a proposed method of disposing of industrial agricultural sewage.

May 14, 2013

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Columnist's view: Deep wounds to the soul of this place

When I moved to Door County in the late 1980s, I felt as if I walked into the middle of a book.

May 10, 2013

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Columnist's view: Mum was around longer than she expected, not long enough

There was a wise-cracking DJ with the Sunday afternoon air shift playing the hits — pre-Beatles — on the rock 'n' roll station all the teens in my town had on their radios back there in the stone age.

May 10, 2013

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Check out the new Eagle trail

The Eagle Walking Trail is a great place to take a walk. This beautiful new walking trail on the grounds of Southern Door Schools was created by donations from generous community organizations and volunteers.